Brett-Butler

Given that Trey Parker & Matt Stone made an episode about Mohammad just days after being sent death threats by Islamists, there was no way that the small issue of being sued was going to stop South Park from mercilessly satirising Donald Trump in this episode. The depiction of him a la Saddam Hussein was funny, the live action denouement less so, although the funniest had in the whole episode was Cartman not realising that an electric car doesn’t give off carbon dioxide. It’s proof that they are the most fearless satirists out there, happy to mock everyone and anyone with great aplomb.

Is there a reason why this has blown up so much in the last few weeks? I’ve been tangibly aware of the anime series for years, and by extension the game, but it seems to have infiltrated my socials to quite a large degree recently. Has it only recently been localised?

Whilst I doubt it is her intention, it would be ironic if this ended up giving additional funding to Reform and soon to be Reform-led councils, and away from Labour and Lib Dem ones.

I’ve semi-jokingly called myself a “Catholic Centrist” a few times on here, and probably is still as good a descriptor of where I generally sit on the spectrum, in that I’m largely centre-left on economics (in favour of decent state spending, expansion of social housing, and a supportive welfare state that acts as a trampoline rather than a safety net), and would be considered more conservative on social issues (although I could make left-wing arguments for some of them). It doesn’t slot me easily into the usual left/right political spectrum, but I’m somewhere around the middle.

Yeah, I’m not going to cry many tears about lost tour income. By all rights his career should have ended in 2011 when those photos came out, and it’s a travesty that he became even more of an international star after that. It feels like a “getting Capone on tax evasion” moment (not that I’m dismissing the extent of his alleged crime), but if this is what finally leads to his career ending, I’m not going to complain.

Because she’s going to be swimming in love from Europe after that performance.

Denmark feels like a winner.

This staging feels like they’ve tried to cater for both the gays and the straights, and failed on both counts.

I liked the Lithuanian song, although I got somewhat distracted by Popery whilst watching it.

The UK are coming bottom, unfortunately.

That’s probably the only time she could crowd surf and not get felt up.

Have I wandered Into a Vegan Soy Wax Candle Shop?

Well, given that Norway once won the contest be ripping off Ireland, seems only fair they send one of their own to babysit Eurovision for us this year. The chorus is incredibly flat, probably will be touch and go if this will qualify.

One thing that’s improved from prior year - it’s now only shot in film during the performances. It really threw me off last year.

Why does Italy have subtitles when other foreign language songs don’t? Are they worried people won’t like it if they don’t know what it’s about? Quite like this song, it’s a lovely 70s esque soft rock number.